Chapter 592 - : Fallen Dragon 3 (2/2)

He didn’t say it to his officials, however, he was already at his limit.

Which was why it was difficult to replace the conscripts with the monsters.

The difference between the efficiency of the two nations regarding the war was different.

‘Should I stop the war for a while? No, that will turn into trouble for us. I even made the agreements with the Republicans, and I can’t give Rudolf the time to settle the civil war in his empire.’

He couldn’t do that, everything he did till now would end up turning useless.

When Reichard was in conflict, Duke Butler spoke to him.

“I believe that we need to stop the war for a while and clean up the nation. We have been constantly running in one direction only.”

“You mean to act like Symphonia?”

“Yes, that was what I meant.”

At Reichard’s question, Duke Butler nodded his head.

Butler was intrigued by the Symphonia Kingdom.

It was because they had handed over the enemy to Vanden, who had betrayed Butler and went towards Rudolf.

Thanks to that, Butler was able to loosen the pain that was eating him away.

“The Minister of Commerce and Industry insists that the Navy should be cultivated and we should start engaging trade with the Southern Continent. You might already know, but the trade with the Southern Continent has reached astronomical heights.”

Not only did Marquis Rakan conquer the Milton Kingdom, but it was all because of the goods and resources that it earned with the Southern trade that it was possible to establish the Kingdom without worrying about the Baroque Empire.

In the west of Libiya Kingdom, there were ports that were already built.

However, the scale was paralleled to the Southern ports in the Symphonia Kingdom, Lamer city.

“I heard that a while back, some unfortunate turn of events happened in the Symphonia Kingdom’s port cities, even with Lamer city. If we take advantage of the opportunity, we will be able to take goods from the South.”

It wasn’t unreasonable to make a huge amount of money through the trade and attract the trade towards their own port cities.

“Fine. It doesn’t seem to be an easy decision, so I’ll think about it and let you know.”

“Yes, then I will head back.”

When Duke Butler went out, Reichard kept tapping his fingertips on the table.

“Symphonia… Symphonia…”

During the same time, the two nations had declared themselves to be independent from the Baroque Empire.

However, the situation of Symphonia and Libiya was entirely different.

Unlike Libiya which was constantly fighting the Baroque Empire, Symphonia only moved till Sherwood city, the military hub, and ceased all the war activities from then and focused on domestic affairs.

‘They are capable ones. The Rakan’s retainers, the Volga Kingdom’s remnants, and along with that are the fairies who are known to be the most competent in commerce. That too many valuable officers.’

They were all talents which Luke had around him, they built their nation on trust and loyalty.

Unlike Luke, Reichard was less reliable.

His family was mainly the Ebra family, centered on Mitchell and Wienz.

The others, like Count Felipe, were afraid of the King, and the ones like Princess Margareta bowed their heads to take advantage of the power and authority.

‘Although there are a few to trust, it is still a huge problem that we don’t have enough talented and skillful people to take on the tasks.’

If there were people who were bright in the nation’s financial and industrial development, there wouldn’t be any need for Reichard to feel so troubled.

However, the Libiya Kingdom didn’t seem to have any such talented men.

Well, even if there were, they tried to move to other nations, the monsters had power, and they didn’t want to stay in a Kingdom which was always at war.

On the contrary, there were men who weren’t afraid of war.

They were the knights and mercenaries who dreamed of success, the Iron mages who moved to sell their Gigants.

With the Iron mages, Reichard didn’t neglect his deals with them.

It was because the battle with the Baroque Empire required Gigants, the main force of war, and wizards to repair it.

Which was why he combined several medium-sized magic towers in the Kingdom and made the Royal Libiya Magic Tower.

And if one was an Iron mage, they were used regardless of them coming from small or medium-sized troops to make the Gigants.

Thanks to that, even if the Gigant’s lacked in power, the number made up for it.

‘This is frustrating, but I need to start looking around the Gigant workshops.’

Reichard, who thought that, got up and headed to the workshop in the Royal Libiya Magic Tower, which was in the south of the Royal Palace.